Webb challenges Allen to 5 debates (VA Senate race)

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Webb challenges Allen to 5 debates

By the Associated Press
June 19, 2006

RICHMOND, Va. -- Democratic nominee James Webb on Monday challenged Sen. George Allen to a series of debates to address the war in Iraq, U.S. national security policies, illegal immigration and the disparity between wealthy and poor Americans.

"Virginia's voters are sophisticated and knowledgeable and they expect and deserve a discussion about issues," Webb's campaign manager, Jessica Vanden Berg, wrote in a letter to Allen's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams. "We should not insult them or underestimate them by avoiding the tough questions."

Wadhams didn't immediately return a telephone message Monday afternoon.

Webb has said the Iraq war is one of many Bush administration missteps that have left voters disgruntled, and he thinks so-called "Reagan Democrats"--moderate, middle-class and largely rural whites--will return to the Democratic Party this fall.

A Vietman war hero and former Reagan Navy secretary, Webb broke with the Republicans over the Iraq war and is a key player in Democrats' fall strategy to win the six seats necessary to take over the Senate.

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Will Allen show?